Design and Make Decorative Details

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That hand-woven throw casually tossed over a chair. The vase holding a single flower. The variety of lighted candles sitting on the mantel. It's the small details like these that turn a house into a stylish home. Not only do these objects provide beauty, but many, such as fabric-covered hat and shoe boxes, are useful for storage or as gifts. * Learn all the basic techniques, from mitred corners to binding to gluing.* Drape dressing tables in yards of material.* Brighten up tables with personalized tablecloths, place mats, and napkins.* Get instructions for sewing hemmed finishes, and covering stools, side tables, and luggage racks.* Make your own lampshade. Some of sheerest silk let light shine through; others are fashioned out of gathered material, or pleated. * Construct frames, boxes, screens, lunch baskets and more! And a lot of other design ideas. Turn your house into a stylish home with this informative series that everyone can use. New Holland 80 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.Join all widths with flat seams and trim them back to 2 cm ( aquot; , in), snipping into
the selvedge at 5 cm (2 in) intervals. ... Once you have made the card patterns, or
a template of the box you wish to cover, place the pieces on to the front of the
fabic and ... the back of the fabric which is placed face down on the table, so you
might not be able to see any line or print at the time of adhesion. ... Either a
Stanley knife or a small craft knife are suitable, but remember the blade must be
very sharp.

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Design and Make Decorative Details

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Heather Luke

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New Holland Pub Limited - 1998

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